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# 1 09-07-2003 , 05:40 AM

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i've put my car on hold so as i can work on a little character i've had in mind for a bit now his name is Albert, he's gona be a chubby middle/old aged chap

here is his head so far .....still tweeking
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# 2 09-07-2003 , 03:25 PM

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Damn.....Very nice! user added image

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# 3 10-07-2003 , 07:09 PM

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first off thanks I-Iybrid for taking the time to look and post
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slight updates working on his skin at the moment {wich isn't my best area by far}
anyway here is the bump so far no col yet that should be soon i hope user added image

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# 4 10-07-2003 , 08:20 PM

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Are you going to put hair on him, or leave him bald? Other than that, looking good as normal man. user added image

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# 5 10-07-2003 , 09:23 PM

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thinking of giving him an hair do like mine and i ain't got much on top but plenty on the top lip user added image

still to decide on that once again thanks for the interest user added image

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# 6 10-07-2003 , 10:20 PM

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wow, that is awesome man. how did you model that? and how did you UV it?

looking really nice! :thumbsup:

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# 7 11-07-2003 , 12:11 AM

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thanks howardporter

as for the modeling just smiple poly modeling that i''ve picked up over the last few years buy reading tutorials over and over and messing about

as for the UV thats take a long time to get anything like right but with help from tuts like this one i'm getting there i think

and here is my very first Human-ish skin attempt

this is the very first render of the colour map still needs plenty doing to it
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# 8 11-07-2003 , 11:30 AM

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# 9 11-07-2003 , 12:19 PM

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damnnnnnn it's a nice head!!, i'm not 100% on the skin shader but it's a good start
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# 10 11-07-2003 , 12:59 PM

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Very nice! I've always wanted to model something like this too. Who knows, maybe I will in near future user added image

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# 11 12-07-2003 , 09:45 AM

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i'm not 100% on the skin shader

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was only first attempt i'm already reworking the skin

this is just a little play around to get an idea of how i want his hair i think he going to have some specs as well not fully decided on that yet though

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